A sweeping historical novel about Félicité St. Maxent, the Creole commoner who married a Spanish governor and became the most powerful woman in the colonial New World.
Widowed at eighteen, Félicité catches the eye of Bernardo de Gálvez on his first day as governor of New Orleans. Their unlikely union defies scandal and earns the blessing of the Spanish Crown. Together they restore New Orleans to prosperity, lead epic campaigns to drive the British from the American South, and rise to become Vice royals of Mexico City, heroes of the American Revolution whose story has long been overshadowed by the Founding Fathers. Richard Robbins weaves documented history with fiction to illuminate the New Orleans power structure at the dawn of the United States.
- Richard Robbins, Author
- Published in 2025
- Paperback
- Published by Evolved Publishing
- ISBN: 979-8890250834
A sweeping historical novel about Félicité St. Maxent, the Creole commoner who married a Spanish governor and became the most powerful woman in the colonial New World.
Widowed at eighteen, Félicité catches the eye of Bernardo de Gálvez on his first day as governor of New Orleans. Their unlikely union defies scandal and earns the blessing of the Spanish Crown. Together they restore New Orleans to prosperity, lead epic campaigns to drive the British from the American South, and rise to become Vice royals of Mexico City, heroes of the American Revolution whose story has long been overshadowed by the Founding Fathers. Richard Robbins weaves documented history with fiction to illuminate the New Orleans power structure at the dawn of the United States.
- Richard Robbins, Author
- Published in 2025
- Paperback
- Published by Evolved Publishing
- ISBN: 979-8890250834